What are the chances that your child will stutter if you do?
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What are the chances that your child will stutter if you do? My wife and I are expecting our first child this summer - we recently found out it's a girl. We are truly bless and we are adjusting and making moves for her arrival. However, my wife is a tad worried that how child might stutter since my wife has a slight stutter and it's genetic. My wife began to stutter when was 5. She mostly stuttered in her native language, Hebrew (my wife was born in Israel but moved to New Jersey around the time she stuttered) and occasionally in English. My wife's stutter pretty much lessened when she was in her late teens. But occasionally she would stutter and get stuck on words if she's tired or overwhelmed. Stuttering is also in her family - she had a grandmother who stuttered all of her life. My wife said learning another language helped her control her speech. I do not stutter and I'm also Polish - and perhaps teaching our child to speak more than one language might be a help if this ever comes up. So my question is this - what are the chances that your child will stutter if you do?